The man who has advocated everything, war and peace, socialism and
capitalism, secularism and religion, and whose principles are so elastic
that they can embrace anything and everybody -- at long last he has
achieved, on the State of Israel's 63th anniversary, what he has been
searching for all his life:

Uri Avnery is a longtime Israeli peace activist. Since 1948 has advocated the setting up of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. In 1974, Uri Avnery was the first Israeli to establish contact with PLO leadership. In 1982 he was the first Israeli ever to meet Yassir Arafat, after crossing the lines in besieged Beirut. He served three terms in the Israeli (more...)